Instructions
مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of DUA FOR THE FOURTH HOUR as recorded in Shia traditions.
Fadhila, maelezo, na njia ya usomaji wa DUA KWA SAA YA NNE kama ilivyopokelewa katika mapokezi ya Shia.
آَنْ تُصَلَّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَدٍ وَآَلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِن كَذَا وَ كَذَا..
Ān tuṣallā ʿalā muḥamadin waʾāli muḥammadin wa an tafʿala bin kadhā wa kadhā..
(please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad and...
(tafadhali) mswalie Muhammad na Aali zake Muhammad na...
اَللَّهُمَّ صَفَا نُوْرُكَ فِي آَتَمّ عَظَمَتِكَ
Allāhumma ṣafā nūruka fī ātamm ʿaẓamatika
O Allah, very clear is Your Light in Your most perfect greatness.
Ewe Mwenyezi Mungu, Nuru yako iko wazi kabisa katika ukuu wako ulio kamili.
وَ عَلَا ضِيَاؤُكَ فِىْ أَبْهَى ضَوْئِكَ
Wa ʿalā ḍiyāʾuka fiā ʾabhā ḍawʾika
Very exalted is Your brightness in Your most brilliant glow.
Umetukuka sana mwangaza Wako katika mwangaza wako mwingi.
آَسْئَلُكَ بِنُوْرِكَ الَّذِي نَوَّرْتَ بِهِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَ الْاَرَضِيْنَ
Āsʾaluka binūrika adh-dhī nawwarta bihi as-samāwāti wa al-āraḍīna
I beseech You in the name of Your Light by which You have lit
Ninakusihi kwa jina la Nuru yako ambayo kwayo umemulika
وَ قَصَمْتَ بِهِ الْجَبَابِرَةَ
Wa qaṣamta bihi al-jabābirata
up the heavens and the layers of the earth, annihilated the tyrants,
juu mbingu na tabaka za ardhi, akawaangamiza madhalimu.
وَاَحْيَيْتَ بِهِ الْاَمْوَاتَ
Wāḥyayta bihi al-āmwāta
restored the dead to life,
kuwafufua wafu,
وَ اَمَتَ بِهِ الْاَحِيَاءَ
Wa amata bihi al-āḥiyāʾa
caused the alive to die,
kusababisha walio hai kufa,
وَ جَمَعْتَ بِهِ المُتَفَرِّقَ
Wa jamaʿta bihi al-mutafarriqa
brought together the scattered,
kuwaleta pamoja waliotawanyika,
وَ فَرَّقْتَ بِهِ الْمُجْتَمِعَ
Wa farraqta bihi al-mujtamiʿa
split the brought together,
gawanya vilivyoletwa pamoja,
وَأَثْمَمْتَ بِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ
Waʾathmamta bihi al-kalimāti
وَ اَقْمْتَ بِهِ السَّمٰوَاتِ
Wa aqmta bihi as-samāwāti
perfected the Words, and established the heavens.
ameyakamilisha Maneno, na akazifanya mbingu.
آَسْئَلُكَ بِحَقَّ وَلِيِّكَ عَلِىَّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ
Āsʾaluka biḥaqqa waliyyika ʿaliā bni al-ḥusayni
I beseech You in the name of Your vicegerent, 'Ali the son of al-Husayn,
Ninakuomba kwa jina la makamu wako, Ali bin Husein.
لَيْهِ السَّلَامُ
Layhi as-salāmu
peace be upon both of them,
amani iwe juu yao wawili.
الذَّابِّ عَنْ دِيْنِكَ
Adh-dhābbi ʿan dīnika
who defended Your religion
aliyeitetea dini yako
وَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِىْ سَبِيْلِكَ
Wālmujāhidi fiā sabīlika
and strove painstakingly for Your sake;
na ukapigana kwa bidii kwa ajili Yako;
وَ أَقَدَّمُهُ بَيْنَ يَدَىٰ حَوَائِجِىْ
Wa ʾaqaddamuhu bayna yadā ḥawāʾijiā
and I present him as my mediation for the
nami namwasilisha kama mpatanishi wangu kwa ajili ya
اَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آَنْ تَفْعَلَ بِن كَذَا وَ كَذَا...
An tuṣalliā ʿalā muḥammadin wāli muḥammadin wa ān tafʿala bin kadhā wa kadhā...
settling of my needs,
kusuluhisha mahitaji yangu,
